Various, NOFX, Free Kitten, Melvins, The Holez, D Generation, Mike Watt, J Mascis, Ruined Eye, The Posies, O-Matic, White Flag, that dog., Flea, Sator, The Wrens, Matthew Sweet, Gumball, Meat Puppets, Puzzled Panthers, L7

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Boston Alternative

College radio, cheap rehearsal rooms and loud guitars: the US underground's most literate, least glamorous engine room.